Titanium-catalyzed enantioselective synthesis of α-ambrinol

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 350, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 571-576

  Justicia, José ^a   Campañ, Araceli G ^a   Bazdi, Btissam ^a   Robles, Rafael ^a   Cuerva, Juan M ^a   Oltra, J Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ambrinol; Asymmetric epoxidation; Catalysis; Titanium; Total synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 53849133453     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: 15213897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.200700511     Document Type: Article

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